East Rankin edges Brookhaven in thrilling finalSouthern Sports and Travel, By Darron Thomas
It was fitting that the Brookhaven Holiday Tournament wrapped up on Wednesday night with East Rankin and Brookhaven going head to head in the finals of the girl’s bracket. It was more fitting that it turned out to be the best game of a tournament loaded with quality teams. The East Rankin Lady Patriots scored the first eight points in overtime and held on to win 51-45 before a full house at the John R. Gray gymnasium.
Brookhaven grabbed an early 2-0 lead on a Terah Winborne bucket at the 5:23 mark of the opening quarter but Brooke Rhodes and Rachel Knight would combine for ten points to lead East Rankin to a 12-8 advantage after one period of play.
Winborne’s 3-pointer with 5:36 left in the half tied the game at 12-12 but East Rankin went on a 9-3 run and took a 21-15 lead on Kaitlyn Coghlan’s 3-pointer from the top of the key with 1:29 left. Brookhaven finished the half with a Winborne baseline drive for a deuce plus one and a basket by Anna Lofton at the buzzer as the half ended with East Rankin holding a slim 21-20 lead.
Both squads struggled for points to start the second half as each team managed just one basket each for the first four minutes. Brookhaven grabbed their first lead since 2-0 on a Laura Beth Wright offensive rebound and put back to go up 24-23 with 4:01 left in the third quarter. That lead would change hands three times the remaining four minutes of the quarter and Kaitlyn Coghlan’s free throw with 35 seconds left gave East Rankin a 31-30 advantage after three quarters.
(Above) Brianna May (#24) of East Rankin gets by Brookhaven's Summer Calhoun (#4)
Two baskets from Terah Winborne and Laura Beth Wright gave Brookhaven their biggest lead of the night at 34-31 to start a pressure packed fourth quarter in which neither team would enjoy more than three point lead. Brooke Rhodes hit a baseline jumper from eight feet to tie things up at 35-35 with 5:11 left in regulation and teammates Rachel Knight and Bridget Byrd converted on 3/4 free throws to put East Rankin back on top 38-35 with just over four minutes left. Terah Winbone’s basket and a free throw from Laura Beth Wright tied the game again at 38-38 with 2:58 to go. Over the next 20 seconds both teams traded baskets, one on an offensive rebound and put back from East Rankin’s Kristen Byrd and two Laura Beth Wright free throws for Brookhaven to tie the game once again at 40-40 with 2:08 remaining.
Terah Winborne was fouled with 55 seconds left in regulation but couldn’t convert on two free throws. On Winborne’s second miss Brookhaven’s Anna Katelyn Mangold pulled down the rebound and was fouled but she wasn’t able to connect on her two free throws. East Rankin set up shop with 54 seconds remaining and wound the clock down to 13 seconds and called time out. Brookhaven’s defense caused East Rankin to use another time out with 5 seconds remaining. Following the time out Brianna May missed a short range lay-in at the buzzer for the win.
East Rankin scored the first eight points in the four minute overtime period. Rachel Knight hit a bucket over Anna Katelyn Mangold and Kaitlyn Coghlan nailed a 3-pointer from the top of the key at the 2:17 mark to put the Lady Patriots up 45-40. Coghlan hit one of two free throws and following two Brookhaven turnovers Coghlan added two more to put East Rankin up 48-40 with 46 seconds left. Terah Winborne hit a 3-pointer with 4 seconds remaining but Coghlan sealed the game with two more free throws to give the Lady Patriots a hard fought 51-45 overtime win.
Kaitlyn Coghlan led East Rankin with a game high 21 points, Rachel Knight added 14, Brooke Rhodes 10 and Brianna May and Bridget Byrd had 3 apiece.
For Brookhaven, sophomore Terah Winborne had 20 points, Laura Beth Wright added 11, Anna Katelyn Mangold 7, Mary Lindsey Magee 4 and Anna Lofton 3 points.
East Rankin improved to 16-1 and will host Hillcrest on January 5th while Brookhaven fell to 14-4 and will travel to Bowling Green that same day.
Brookhaven grabbed an early 2-0 lead on a Terah Winborne bucket at the 5:23 mark of the opening quarter but Brooke Rhodes and Rachel Knight would combine for ten points to lead East Rankin to a 12-8 advantage after one period of play.
Winborne’s 3-pointer with 5:36 left in the half tied the game at 12-12 but East Rankin went on a 9-3 run and took a 21-15 lead on Kaitlyn Coghlan’s 3-pointer from the top of the key with 1:29 left. Brookhaven finished the half with a Winborne baseline drive for a deuce plus one and a basket by Anna Lofton at the buzzer as the half ended with East Rankin holding a slim 21-20 lead.
Both squads struggled for points to start the second half as each team managed just one basket each for the first four minutes. Brookhaven grabbed their first lead since 2-0 on a Laura Beth Wright offensive rebound and put back to go up 24-23 with 4:01 left in the third quarter. That lead would change hands three times the remaining four minutes of the quarter and Kaitlyn Coghlan’s free throw with 35 seconds left gave East Rankin a 31-30 advantage after three quarters.
(Above) Brianna May (#24) of East Rankin gets by Brookhaven's Summer Calhoun (#4)Two baskets from Terah Winborne and Laura Beth Wright gave Brookhaven their biggest lead of the night at 34-31 to start a pressure packed fourth quarter in which neither team would enjoy more than three point lead. Brooke Rhodes hit a baseline jumper from eight feet to tie things up at 35-35 with 5:11 left in regulation and teammates Rachel Knight and Bridget Byrd converted on 3/4 free throws to put East Rankin back on top 38-35 with just over four minutes left. Terah Winbone’s basket and a free throw from Laura Beth Wright tied the game again at 38-38 with 2:58 to go. Over the next 20 seconds both teams traded baskets, one on an offensive rebound and put back from East Rankin’s Kristen Byrd and two Laura Beth Wright free throws for Brookhaven to tie the game once again at 40-40 with 2:08 remaining.
Terah Winborne was fouled with 55 seconds left in regulation but couldn’t convert on two free throws. On Winborne’s second miss Brookhaven’s Anna Katelyn Mangold pulled down the rebound and was fouled but she wasn’t able to connect on her two free throws. East Rankin set up shop with 54 seconds remaining and wound the clock down to 13 seconds and called time out. Brookhaven’s defense caused East Rankin to use another time out with 5 seconds remaining. Following the time out Brianna May missed a short range lay-in at the buzzer for the win.
East Rankin scored the first eight points in the four minute overtime period. Rachel Knight hit a bucket over Anna Katelyn Mangold and Kaitlyn Coghlan nailed a 3-pointer from the top of the key at the 2:17 mark to put the Lady Patriots up 45-40. Coghlan hit one of two free throws and following two Brookhaven turnovers Coghlan added two more to put East Rankin up 48-40 with 46 seconds left. Terah Winborne hit a 3-pointer with 4 seconds remaining but Coghlan sealed the game with two more free throws to give the Lady Patriots a hard fought 51-45 overtime win.
Kaitlyn Coghlan led East Rankin with a game high 21 points, Rachel Knight added 14, Brooke Rhodes 10 and Brianna May and Bridget Byrd had 3 apiece.
For Brookhaven, sophomore Terah Winborne had 20 points, Laura Beth Wright added 11, Anna Katelyn Mangold 7, Mary Lindsey Magee 4 and Anna Lofton 3 points.
East Rankin improved to 16-1 and will host Hillcrest on January 5th while Brookhaven fell to 14-4 and will travel to Bowling Green that same day.
ER...12...9...9...10...11...51
BA....8..12..11...9....5....45
*(Photo at top of page) East Rankin's Brooke Rhodes with a 3-point attempt from the corner.
Comments:
Anonymous said...
Great write up! I have really enjoyed your site; you do a fantastic job covering the kids. Just one note, though: it should be Bridget Byrd mentioned in your article, who starts for East Rankin. Kristen Byrd is her younger sister who is a sophomore on the team. Thanks again for your hard work on this site. It really is very well done!
Great write up! I have really enjoyed your site; you do a fantastic job covering the kids. Just one note, though: it should be Bridget Byrd mentioned in your article, who starts for East Rankin. Kristen Byrd is her younger sister who is a sophomore on the team. Thanks again for your hard work on this site. It really is very well done!
